A human T cell lymphoma cell line established from the peripheral blood of a 25-year-old man with T cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1986; now classed as CD30+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL); cells carry the NPM-ALK fusion gene.

This line was initiated in 1972 by D.J. Giard, et al. through explant culture of lung carcinomatous tissue from a 58-year-old Caucasian male. Cells were described to induce tumors in athmyic mice and to synthesize lecithin.